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J. GUSTAPSON. APPARATUS FOR SETTING TYPE.

No. 428,906. Patented May 27, 1890.

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J. GUSTAFSON- APPARATUS r012. SETTING TYPE.

No. 428,906. PatentdfMay 27, 1890.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOHN GUSTAFSON, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE LAGERMAN TYPOTHETERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR SETTING TYPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,906, dated May 2'7,1890.

Application filed January 30, 1888. Serial No. 262,313. (Modeh) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GUSTAFSON, asubject of the King of Sweden,residing in the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Setting Type; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention,which will to enableothers skilled in the art to which it ap-' pertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in I 5 type-setting machines, andis designed as an improvement upon the invention set forth and claimedin Letters Patent No. 362,751, granted May 10, 1887, to AlexanderLagerman. The machine disclosed in said Letters Patent is placed inclose proximity to an ordinary printers case, and is provided with afunnel-shaped hopper, into which the compositor throws the type as hetakes them from the cases. The type thus fed to the hopper issuelengthwise from the bottom thereof and strike the end of adelicately-poised lever, the tilting or tipping of which actuates anelectro-magnet, which causes a cam-shaft to be operated. This cam-shaftin turn, by

0 means of suitable connections, actuates a pusher-arm, which carriesthe type from beneath the hopper and feeds it to devices by which it isdelivered to the type-gutter. Four motions are given to the pusher-armthat is,

3 5 it first moves forward, carrying the type with it, then a lateralmovement, then backward, and then laterally to starting-point, when itstops and the cam-shaft remains stationary until the elect-ro-magnet isoperated by another type striking the end of the trippinglever. Theobject in giving a lateral movement to the pusher-arm before beginningits return-stroke was, that it might not interfere and the inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as will bemore fully hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is aperspective View of a Lagerman machine with my improvements appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the mechanism for feeding thetype from the hopper, the top or cap plate protecting the same beingremoved. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the same, the guide-plate being removed. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the axis of thebar which carries the cams that operate the spring-actuated gate on linea: on, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section through thehopper, cap, or covering-plate and spring-actuated gate; and Fig. 6 is asectional detail view of the yielding bed or support which receives thetype as it emerges from the gate. Fig.7- is a section on line:1;-o3,'Fig. 2.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1, Fig. 1, designates theframe of the machine; 2, the hopper; 3, the main drivingshaft, whichreceives motion from any suitable motor. 5 is the cam-shaft, whichactuates the cams and connections by which the four-motion movement isgiven to the pusherarm 6.

A, Fig. 6, designates a plate or disk covered with leather, rubber,cloth, or any equivalent material, and attached to a flexible oryielding arm or bar B,the fixed end of which may be attached to any partof the frame of the machine below the hopper. As a type is fed from thehopper it drops upon plate A and remains there in a vertical. positionuntil moved forward by the pusher-bar. Upon a plate A, located directlyunder the open lower end of the hopper, is a platform composed of twoseparate parts, (denoted, respectively, by the letters C and 1),) eachpart forming the wing of a gate and pivoted upon a screw or pin E and E.A spring I is so placed and arranged that by its tension it will forcethe free ends of the two wings or gates O and D together, and thus closethe exit from the lower part of the funnel; and it follows that as atype is dropped through the funnel it will be intercepted by andreceived upon the platform formed by the two gates (l and D when thesame are in their normal or closed positions. \Vhen, however, during theoperation of the machine, when the time arrives when the type should bemoved forward for the purpose of feeding it to the other parts of themachine, a pin or stud G, Fig. 1, rising upwardly from the pusher-arm U,engages first a cam II, and subsequently, on the returnstrokc, anothercam I, in such a manner to rock the shaft .I, upon which the cams II andI are respectively fixed; and by this rocking or tilting motion of shaft.l a tongue or wedge K, which is fastened upon and projects laterallyfrom said shaft and at right angles thereto, is pushed in between thefree ends of the pivoted gates C and D in such manner as to force orspread them apart, thereby allowing the type resting endwise upon saidgates to drop through the aperture thus formed and be deposited endwiseupon the yielding disk or plate A, which is arranged below the gate, andis ready to be fed forward by the pusherarm 6. The cams II and I are indifferent longitudinal planes-that is to say, cam I is behind cam ll, sothat in the forward movement of the pusher-bar 6 the pin G will actuatecam II, and on its returirstroke will actuate cam I by reason of thelateral movement given to said arm. Thus on its forward stroke thepusher-arm will open the gates to allow a type to be fed from thehopper, and on its return-stroke will close the same. In order to limitthe backward movement of the wedge or tongue K, I employ a guide pieceor plate M, secured to plate A by the screws E E,

and having its rear free end bent downward- 1y, forming a tongue M,against which the wedge K strikes in its return or backward movement,thus preventing the shaft J, with which it is rigidly connected, frombeing rotated too far when the pin G strikes one of i the cams. This pinstrikes a quick sudden blow, and it no means were provided forlimitingthe movement of the shaft it might be turned so far, and with it thecams, that the latter would not come in contact with the pin (l in itsforward movement.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I dispense entirely with theelectro-lnagnet and connections for causing the cam-shaft, cams, anddependent parts to be intermittently actuated, so that said devices andthe pusher-arm have a continuous movement. It will also be seen thatmeans are provided for intermittently feeding the type from the hopper.Otherwise the construction is identical with that of the Lagermanmachine.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim is 1. The combination ofthe pivoted springactuated gates, the rock-shaft, the two cams upon thesame, and the wedge-shaped tongue adapted to enter between and open saidgates, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the sprii'ig, the pivoted gates, and thereciprocating wedge or tongue, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3:3. The combination of the spring, the pivoted gates, the reeiprocating wedge or tongue, the rock-shaft, and the cams for operating it,substantially as described.

t. The combination of the hopper, the pivoted gates, the rock-shaft, thecams on the rock-shaft, the pusher-bar, and the pin for actuating thecams, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the hopper, the pivoted gates, the rock-shaft,and the cams thereon, of the pusher-bar, the pins fixed thereto, and theplate below the gates and adapted to receive and support the typeendwise until pushed forward by the pusher-bar, substantially asdescribed.

U. The combination of the spring, the pivoted gates, the reciprocatingwedge or tongue, the rock-shaft, the cams for operating it, and theplate located above the gates for limiting the movement of the wedge ortongue, substantially described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GUS'IAFSON.

lVit-ncsses:

Lotus BAGGER, FRANKLIN II. SMITH.

